Culm Davy Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1966. Chapel.
Culm Davy Chapel
- WRENN ID
- dusk-panel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1966
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Culm Davy Chapel, Hemyock
- OS grid reference
- ST 124 150
- Coordinates
- 50.92822, -3.24769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Culm Davy Chapel is a chapel dating from the 15th century that underwent thorough restoration in the 19th century. It is constructed of random rubble flint and features a gable end slate roof with coping on the gable walls. The chapel has a simple, undivided rectangular plan, with a west bellcote and a south porch.
On the exterior, the west double bellcote, which is supported internally, is entirely from the 19th century, as is the three-light Perpendicular west window, which includes a hood mould and head terminals. The north wall has no windows, while the south side consists of four bays, including the porch, with a blind bay to the west and renewed two-light Perpendicular windows in the other bays. The porch features a late 15th-century archway with composite concave and wavy moulding. The inner doorway has a two-centred arch set in a square head, adorned with foliated spandrels, showcasing some of the best medieval craftsmanship in the chapel. The east window is a renewed three-light window with a transom.
Inside, the chapel has an unceiled wagon roof, with some medieval ribs. There is a combined piscina and aumbrey under a trefoil head. A notable wall monument, described as primitive, is dedicated to Anne Carvis of Ashculm, who died in 1705. This monument features a classical entablature with an effigy lying on its side, and the apron includes angel faces.
Local climate
Culm Davy Chapel receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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